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Naviance College and Career Readiness Blog

Learn about best practices from Naviance users, read customer success stories, and discover new ways to extend the reach of your college and career readiness efforts from a wide-variety of third-party experts.

Recently, Hobsons joined educators from across the country at the White House Convening on College and Career Readiness at San Diego State University. During this two-day gathering, participants heard from leaders in the field of college counseling, counselor education, and government relations. The conversations at the convening were endless, but several themes emerged throughout.

The National College Access Network has recently released a white paper assessing data platforms used by college access and success programs nationwide. Respondent feedback regarding Naviance was overwhelmingly positive.

Your vote counts! Each year, Austin, Texas, hosts a gathering of innovative leaders in education, technology, and other industries. As part of this, the SXSWedu Conference opens up panel submissions to the public to help decide presentations. Hobsons needs your help in garnering support for our panels and spreading the word!

Naviance eDocs is now available to schools for the 2014-15 school year. We think that you will find Naviance eDocs to have a simpler and more intuitive experience from end-to-end. Customers can also expect greater reliability and stability of service. This video will walk you through what’s new for this year.

Karon Parrish, Counselor at Star City Middle School, recently traveled to the American School Counselor Association in Orlando, Florida. Karon received one of the The Counseling Geek’s School Counselor Community Scholarships for which Hobsons was a sponsor. We asked Karon to share her thoughts on the conference, including Michelle Obama’s keynote address.

First Lady Michelle Obama's Reach Higher initiative will help make sure all students understand what they need to complete their education. The goal of the initiative seems familiar: increase post-secondary attainment. However, what’s unique about this initiative is the emphasis being given to the role of the school counselor in helping to reach this nationwide goal. We’re hopeful that initiatives like this could be the first step towards getting school counselors the attention and resources they deserve.

The Teacher Engagement Package, a new bundle of self-paced training videos, communication templates, reference guides, and classroom lessons and activities, helps teachers incorporate Naviance activities into the classroom in order to help students better connect learning to life.

Changes to the SAT will make it easier for students to focus on learning the material they need to master, instead of needing to memorize “tips and tricks.” These changes raise the bar for test prep providers in terms of the value they’ll need to deliver to students and the programs they offer to schools and districts.

We’ve made it easier than ever for schools to create groups of students in PrepMe so you can monitor usage, track score improvements, determine skill mastery, and make announcements targeted to each group.